Mugaòli, R. â. and University of Bombay. Kannada Dept. (1986). Mahåakôrti. Maisåuru, Sahyåadri Prakåaâsana.
On the characteristics of the great epics of India; transcript of special lectures delivered under the auspices of the Kannada Department, Bombay University.

Substantial study of Homeric beginnings, and on the repeated Callimachean strategies and attitudes of later Greek and Roman epic. There was the Iliad, and then everyone else wrote footnotes to it, as Johnson suggested.

Upadhyaya, U. P. (1986). Folk epics of Tulunad : papers presented in the Seminar on the eve of the Kalevala festival at Udupi, 12-10-1985. Udupi, India, Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts.
Proceedings and papers of the Seminar on the Folk Epics of Tulunad and Finland, 1985, organized to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the compilation of Kalevala, Finnish national epic.

Upadhyaya, U. P. and Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts (Karnataka India) (1986). Folk epics of Tulunad : papers presented in the seminar on the eve of the Kalevala festival at Udupi, 12-10-1985. Udupi, India, Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts.
Proceedings and papers of the Seminar on the Folk Epics of Tulunad and Finland, 1985, organized to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the compilation of Kalevala, Finnish national epic.

First full Bloomian study of epic belatedness. Some good readings of the Great Below, but weakened by Bloom's theory, which applies to epic tradition only by stretching it out of shape, and applies poorly to any poet much before the 18th and 19th centuries.

LC Purchase Collection (Library of Congress) (1988). For the term of his natural life : reconstructed and restored. Australia, National Film and Sound Archive.
An epic tragedy of Australia's convict era.

Longfellow, H. W. and K. Moseley (1988). Hiawatha. New York, NY, Philomel Books.
An abridgement of the epic poem describing the life and deeds of a legendary Indian brave. Features pop-up illustrations.

Williams, H. and T. Hasselwander (1988). Whale nation. New York, N.Y., Crown Audio,.
Presents an epic poem celebrating the beauty, intelligence, and usefulness of the whale, read by the poet Heathcote Williams. Includes music and whale sounds.

(1989). English literature with world masterpieces. Mission Hills, Calif., Glencoe Pub. Co.,.
Presents forty-six oral interpetations of epic poetry, poems, drama, nonfiction, and short stories spanning the entire range of English literature. Also includes works by Sappho, Virgil, Dante, and other world masterpiece writers.

Brook, P., J.-C. Carrière, et al. (1989). The Mahabharata. New York, N.Y, Parabola Video Library.
An intimate journey to the very heart of Indian mythology, religion, history and thought, this film brings to life the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, the feuding families at the center of the saga. The world of the Mahabharata is of profound storytelling power and spiritual import; within it a civilization rises, falls and is reborn.

Brook, P., M. Propper, et al. (1989). The Mahabharata. New York, N.Y, Parabola Video Library.
An intimate journey to the very heart of Indian mythology, religion, history and thought, this film brings to life the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, the feuding families at the center of the saga. The world of the Mahabharata is of profound storytelling power and spiritual import; within it a civilization rises, falls and is reborn.

Homer and N. Dietz (1989). The Odyssey. Prince Frederick, MD, Recorded Books.
A Greek epic tells of the adventures of the hero Odysseus during his perilous and protracted journey home from the Trojan War.

P*awstos and N. G. Garsoïan (1989). The epic histories attributed to P*awstos Buzand (Buzandaran patmut*iwnk*). Cambridge, Mass., Distributed for the Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Harvard University by Harvard University Press.

Tharaud, B. and R. Kent (1990). Beowulf. Niwot, Colo., University Press of Colorado.
This translation of the ninth-century epic poem, considered the first great work of English literature, was originally intended for nonnative speakers of English with the intention of reducing difficulties present in the Old English style.

Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) (1991). Kriemhild's revenge.
In a follow up to his adventure epic Siegfried, director Fritz Lang continues the tale of 13th Century Norse legend, while delving into topics of deeper personal significance. After Siegfried's death, Kriemhild - sister of King Gunther - is consumed by hatred and an unquenchable thirst for vengence. Enlisting the aid of Attila the Hun and his marauding legions, she intends to tear apart her brother's kingdom until Siegfried's murderer is handed over to her. Lang heightened the story's dramatic tension by meticulously choreographing the actor's positioning within the huge, expressionistic sets constructed for the film, so that every shot works to subtly enhance the steadily intensifying conflict.

Kulkarni, V. M. and Bhojaråaja (1991). Bhoja and the Harivijaya of Sarvasena. Ahmedabad, Saraswati Pustak Bhandar.
Critical study of the Harivijaya, lost epic by âSarvasena, on Krishna, Hindu deity, from its fragments preserved by Bhojaråaja, 11th cent., King of Malwa in his âSraçngåaraprakåaâsa and Sarasvatåikaònòthabhåaraòna.

Chandler, F. W. and M. H. Jones (1992). A catalogue of names of persons in the German court epics : an examination of the literary sources and dissemination, together with notes on the etymologies of the more important names. London, King's College London Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies.

Colomb, G. G. (1992). Designs on truth : the poetics of the Augustan mock-epic. University Park, Pa., Pennsylvania State University Press.

Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) (1992). Greatest stories ever told. Noah and the ark.
An epic story of how Noah built an ark to save his family and two of every kind of animal from a flood that destroys the world.

Sagar, R., G. Baökhâsåi, et al. (1992). Ramayana : a TV serial. [Osaka], Osaka University of Foreign Studies.
A retelling of Råamåayaòna; script of the television serial originally broadcast in 1987-1988.

Twichell, H. (1992). Northwest epic : the building of the Alaska Highway. New York, St. Martin's Press.

Upadhyay, R. (1992). Sanskrit and Prakrit mahåakåavyas. Varanasi, Chowkhamba Vidyabhawan : Also can be had of, Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan.
Critical study of the contribution of Prakrit Epics to ancient Indian literature with reference to their special characteristics; includes comparative study of Sanskrit and Prakrit epic poetry.

Van Nortwick, T. (1992). Somewhere I have never travelled : the second self and the hero's journey in ancient epic. New York, Oxford University Press.

Quint, D. (1993). Epic and empire : politics and generic form from Virgil to Milton. Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press.

One of the more popular, readable, and useful texts on epic in recent years, with straightfoward discussions of individual poems, including (briefly) the Ossianic epics of James Macpherson. Limited by the division of "winner's epics" and "loser's epic," but a good read.

Rama and Våalmåiki (1993). The Valmiki Ramayana : retold in verse. Honesdale, Pa., Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the U.S.A.

Reece, S. (1993). The stranger's welcome : oral theory and the aesthetics of the Homeric hospitality scene. Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press.

The only full account of the legendary voyage of Jason and his companions. Setting out at the behest of King Pelias, the Argonauts sailed to Colchis in search of the golden fleece. The Voyage of Argo is a fantastic story of adventure and romance but it stands out from traditional epic poetry because Apollonius wrote from a personal perspective.

Examines connections between Book of Job and Consolation of Philosophy. Astell, argues, quite capably, that these were key in transmitting traditions of heroic poetry from antiquity into the early modern period; their influence includes Dante, Chaucer, Spenser, Malory, Milton. To my view, she undervalues some of the more direct transmissions in Dares Phrygius, Dictys Cretensis, Benoit, et al.

Dee, J. H. (1994). The epithetic phrases for the Homeric gods = Epitheta deorum apud Homerum : a repertory of the descriptive expressions for the divinities of the Iliad and the Odyssey. New York, Garland.

From the cover: "When Paris of Troy fell in love with Helen of Sparta and took her to his homeland, the princes of Greece launched a fleet of a thousand ships filled with armed men to bring her back. Led by Helen's brother-in-law, Agamemnon, this immense force would besiege Troy for 10 years in a staggering effort to rescue the princess. The Iliad is the story of Achilles, the greatest warrior of this decade-long war, and his desperate but ultimately futile battle against the once magnificent city."

Livecchi, J. J. (1994). The Odyssey a series of tutorials on the English translation of Robert Fitzgerald. [S.l., s.n.],.

Excerpts and titles taken from The Odyssey of Homer. Tutorials include summaries with vocabulary, guides to characters and literary terms with spoken pronunciations, and key passages to read and hear. Features thirty-one works from The Metropolitan and Princeton Art Museums, animated maps, quizzes, and reviews.

Retelling of the epic biblical story of Joseph, son of Jacob, from the Egyptian perspective. Ram (the Joseph character) is sold into slavery by his envious brothers, but his wit and resourcefulness help him rise in the court of Thebes.